Posted By warren Hi all, could anyone be so kind as to help I'm wanting to look at an example of a lifting plan and or risk assessment for the unloading of steel stock (bars etc) from delivery lorries etc. Could anyone help me? Kind Regards Warren

Posted By Glyn Atkinson In practical terms, try to eliminate the manual handling from this type of operation. Use the Hiab feature on a lorry and insist on one to be made available if not fitted to your supply lorry. Our smaller steel stock is loaded via Hiab onto wheeled trolleys that can be pushed into storage positions within our engineering stores. The larger longer sections are stocked on external racks and loaded directly onto the racks via the crane mechanism of the lorry, guided by our employees with noose like rope attachments to prevent swing of the moving loads. I know that this may not suit all delivery types and storage areas, but this is our way of coping with the steel deliveries on our site. My advice would always be to eliminate or greatly reduce any prospect of manual handling as part of these lifting tasks. Hope it is of some use.